22-year-old Adrian Cabreros, who was visiting from San Francisco, told the Times the film "kind of gives Islam a bad vibe."

“I think they should have talked about Islam more, just so people understand that there is a difference between Islam and people who do terrorist attacks but who also happen to be Islamic,” Cabreros told the Times while visiting from San Francisco. “They just sort of said that the people from Al Qaeda wanted to have a more Islamic state, but it was hard to distinguish, to separate Islam itself."

The ostensible purpose of "The Rise of al Qaeda," which is narrated by NBC's Brian Williams, is to explore the history of al Qaeda leading up to the attacks on September 11th. But after previewing the film, groups including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on officials to drop it, alleging the film's narrative is ultimately harmful to the conversation surrounding Islam.

"Generations of visitors to this facility will be influenced by the contents of the displays and the presentations," CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said in April. "It's going to be very important how Islam and the American Muslim community are portrayed."

Since it opened, negative press surrounding the museum has been largely directed at questionable offerings sold at the gift shop -- criticism that eventually prompted officials to cease selling commemorative cheese plates in the shape of the United States.

It remains to be seen if the museum will be moved to make a similar adjustment in the wake of mounting criticism of "The Rise of al Qaeda" from visitors. After all, it's tourists who shell out the $24 admission fee to keep the museum afloat.

Nusayba was of one of the first advocates for the rights of Muslim women. Notably, she asked the Prophet Muhammad, "Why does God only address men (in the Quran)?" Soon after this exchange, the Prophet received a revelation in Chapter 33, Verse 35 that mentions women can attain every quality to which men have access. The verse also conclusively settled that women stand on the same spiritual level as men. She was viewed as a visionary who transcended her own generation.